Jr Bob Whiddon

When Christmas Comes Home from the War Jr Bob Whiddon

Tony Sanders had been fighting the Viet Nam war for almost 50 years. The VA gave him therapy for years for his PTSD. Though he never came to terms with what happened during the war, he did become the Perfect Santa Clause every December in the sleepy town of Blackwater, Oklahoma. Tony called it his penance for what he did, for what happened that December night in 1969. He was famous in Oklahoma at Christmas time. But on December 26th each year he would crawl back into his depression. It wasn't until a reporter from Denver came to do a story on him did he get relief from his disease. Heather Smith, moved by his story, found a way to help Second Lieutenant Anthony R. Sanders out of the pit of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The stage was set. The city held its breath. The plan unfolded. And, it was a little boy that gave him the greatest gift of his life. Be sure to have tissue handy. You will cry as you read this book.